All Forum Posts by: Dee Bee

@Joel Owens Thanks, I'll do that.

@Rick Baggenstoss Thanks for the recommendation. I'll get in touch with him.

@Joel Owens No, it's not there. Is there anywhere else I can find this info?

Does anybody have any recommendation for a good PM in Atlanta? It seems the most urgent thing to do is to fire this one and hire a new one.

@Rick Baggenstoss

Both companies are run by the same people from the same address and the same phone number.

The house maybe is not the most rentable property out there. My concern now is more about the PM rather than re-renting the house, though.

You have a point about attorney fees being too expensive. Just moving on seems strange, though. I feel like there should be repercussions for them doing this.

@Joel Owens

How do I find their real estate brokerage license? I see some license numbers listed on BBB, not sure if it's any one of these: http://www.bbb.org/west-florida/business-reviews/property-management-companies/maysonet-group-in-tampa-fl-90128727

@Tom Yung Thanks for the tip! It's in Clayton county. I just ran a search like you suggested. I can't find the eviction case there. Now I'm seriously wondering what they're doing with the property.

The name is Maysonet. They've recently been rebranding themselves as Chrestate.

I'm a long-distance investor. Using a PM has worked well for some of my properties. This one, however, has been a nightmare. This PM in Atlanta was recommended to me by a fellow investor. I think they went through some big changes these past few months and everything has gone downhill. They even has a warning on BBB now.

The PM took over management of my property in Oct 2013. On Dec 1 2013, they found a tenant. Until now, I haven't received one rent check from them.

In early January, I asked and they said to ask the accounting dept, but the accounting dept never responded.

In early February, they said they had been sending me the rent checks, but couldn't tell me what address they sent it to. After numerous emails, the CEO of the PM company said to call him, but I couldn't reach him. Finally, on February 20 by email, he said they were going to send me the money "tomorrow". This never happened.

In early March, I finally got in touch with the CEO's assistant, who told me that the tenant hasn't been paying since February and is now being evicted. They're keeping the rent they've already received to cover attorney fees, which I'm sure isn't how they're supposed to do it. I've called and emailed to find more details about this supposed eviction but I haven't gotten any response from them. I haven't even gotten any financial statement from them, which they said they would provide quarterly.

I think my next move would be to file a complaint with BBB and then contact a lawyer if that doesn't work. Any advice? The thought of flying there to visit their office in person has crossed my mind, but I couldn't justify the expense considering the small amount of money involved here.